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A long time ago, I played, and apparently did not write about, an iPad game called Dungeon Defenders: First Wave. It was an alright game: Tower Defense with a little action twist. (This was far before games like Trenched, of course.) It was fun enough, but holy shit, the controls on the game were AWFUL. This was clearly not a game created with the iPad in mind, and yet here was the version of the game on the iPad. I wanted a controller badly. The virtual controls were just complete ass. What more, the game was clearly designed for multiplayer, which just wasn’t going to happen on the iPad.

Fast forward to now. Aesa, being the person that Aesa is, bought me a copy of Dungeon Defenders on the PC so we could all play together. Finally, a chance to play the game with a controller! I plugged in my Xbox controller and prepared to defend a dungeon.

OH WAIT THERE’S A BUG THAT MAKES GAMEPAD CONTROL NOT WORK. Fantastic.

So after being INSANELY ANGRY about that for quite some time, as I am likely to do about the stupidest issues in PC games, we finally got down to it and played. And then wiped like twice on the second map. And then quit for the night.
Basically, we’re awesome.

I tried the Huntress, who really needs to pull up her pants very badly. (Seriously, once I noticed this, I got really annoyed that she was my character. She’s super-deformed stylized cute. Why the fuck can I see her ass crack? What the hell.) She specializes in towers that are really kind of limited use items, like land mines and gas traps. You have to keep feeding them repair money to keep them going, but they’re quite powerful when they go off. Also, her weaponry seems really damn good for being at a distance. Much more powerful than the Wizard’s stuff, even if she has to reload from time to time. She was pretty fun, though she would be complete and utter garbage if you were playing by yourself. She works well in a group, though, because everyone else has basic towers covered.

Even though we were REALLY TERRIBLE (seriously, the difficulty much ramp up hugely, or the game must have been much, much easier on iPad, because I had no trouble with this level alone) it was still a pretty fun game. I don’t know if I would have paid what they’re asking for it, though. Seems more like a sale sort of game, though I’m glad I get to play with everyone now. Apparently they’re having special events and ranked challenges and I don’t know what? None of that really interests me. Just playing with my friends. This game lets you do that. Thus, it succeeds on that level.